Hanging wall definition the underside of the wall rock overlying a vein or bed of ore.
Hanging wall and footwall of a fault.
The block below is called the footwall.
Fault plane is called the hanging wall or headwall.
It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
Footwall definition the top of the rock stratum underlying a vein or bed of ore.
Hanging wall synonyms hanging wall pronunciation hanging wall translation english dictionary definition of hanging wall.
A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
The fault plane is where the action is.
The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common.
The fault strike is the direction of the line of intersection between the fault plane and earth s surface.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45.